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thfcsteff said:
I clearly remember the first time I physically held a brand new iPhone, three days after the first one launched. I'd done a lot of research into it, was fairly interested, but once I held it, well, something snapped and I immediately went and got one. I thought it would be a fun tool, but I always saw it as a tool to be used judiciously. I did not expect the sheer levels and depths of its ubiquity to become what they have.
I think the iPhone has been the single largest gateway into some very serious rewiring of humanity, both in a metaphoric and literal sense.
I genuinely feel we have short-circuited an area of our brains wired for longer thought processes into short-attention only actions. The sheer distance these objects put physically between us is madness (in terms of less in-person interactions).

The re-wiring of the world, the way life is now presented through these mediums and is designed to provoke big instant emotional responses devoid of rational thought (which, BTW, is OK IMO when Richy's scoring goals like THAT!) and the way in which genuine news has been. replaced by opinions dressed as news, are scary.
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Tremendous post
 
thfcsteff said:
I clearly remember the first time I physically held a brand new iPhone, three days after the first one launched. I'd done a lot of research into it, was fairly interested, but once I held it, well, something snapped and I immediately went and got one. I thought it would be a fun tool, but I always saw it as a tool to be used judiciously. I did not expect the sheer levels and depths of its ubiquity to become what they have.
I think the iPhone has been the single largest gateway into some very serious rewiring of humanity, both in a metaphoric and literal sense.
I genuinely feel we have short-circuited an area of our brains wired for longer thought processes into short-attention only actions. The sheer distance these objects put physically between us is madness (in terms of less in-person interactions).

The re-wiring of the world, the way life is now presented through these mediums and is designed to provoke big instant emotional responses devoid of rational thought (which, BTW, is OK IMO when Richy's scoring goals like THAT!) and the way in which genuine news has been. replaced by opinions dressed as news, are scary.
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Jony Ive, second only to Steve Jobs in modern tech impact, has expressed regret over what their creation has become: https://www.theguardian.com/technol...er-jonny-ive-openai-chatgpt-smartphones-apple

……whilst promoting his new AI venture. Whatever it is, I can’t imagine it’s going to help much.
 
thfcsteff said:
I clearly remember the first time I physically held a brand new iPhone, three days after the first one launched. I'd done a lot of research into it, was fairly interested, but once I held it, well, something snapped and I immediately went and got one. I thought it would be a fun tool, but I always saw it as a tool to be used judiciously. I did not expect the sheer levels and depths of its ubiquity to become what they have.
I think the iPhone has been the single largest gateway into some very serious rewiring of humanity, both in a metaphoric and literal sense.
I genuinely feel we have short-circuited an area of our brains wired for longer thought processes into short-attention only actions. The sheer distance these objects put physically between us is madness (in terms of less in-person interactions).

The re-wiring of the world, the way life is now presented through these mediums and is designed to provoke big instant emotional responses devoid of rational thought (which, BTW, is OK IMO when Richy's scoring goals like THAT!) and the way in which genuine news has been. replaced by opinions dressed as news, are scary.
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I think the phone is the hardware, the mini computer in your hand. I have no beef with it, just as I never had any concern with using various PCs and laptops down the years. It's probably the most useful thing ever invented.

It's the SM apps that are the problem.
Look at most people's 'well-being and activity tracker' on their phone and it's there to see. The intrusion timewise (SM apps) is staggering. Then you dig down into what they are doing (consuming) within those hours and the recipe is there.

Id be so so interested to see the impact of the removal of Tik tok, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat (and other such nefarious apps) from existence. It would be nice if it could be done as though they never existed, but alas they have. So the 'recovery' might not be a straight line for everyone.
 
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